Thursday, March 27, 2014

Walking is the Destination, Sweet Marie, Planning

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1. Countless times throughout my life I've gazed at a spot off in the distance and thought, "How nice it would be to walk there." Only a few times, and that was in childhood, have I done it. When I saw Chelsea's photo today, I realized she's actually doing it...picking a spot and walking to it. And suddenly I'm daydreaming and not getting ready for work.
2. It's a small gesture meant to console, someone gently rubbing your shoulder. It means a lot.
3. It the end of a weary day and I have one more meeting of business to attend. But, this one is with lady friends at church so it doesn't feel like work at all. With five women, ten hands, and generous spirits, we all toss in our creative contributions and the plans are a snap.

"The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside from a generous hand. But who gets excited by a mere penny?...It is dire poverty indeed when a man is so malnourished and fatigued that he won't stoop to pick up a penny. But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted with pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days. It is that simple. what you see is what you get."